UBandura Kuyinto a insimbi yomculo ithandwa kakhulu emlandweni womculo Isi-Ukraine. Ihlanganisa izinto ze-zither ne-lute, ezisuselwa kowandulelayo, i-kobza. Imvamisa inezintambo eziyi-12 kuye kwezingu-68. Abaculi abayidlalayo babizwa ngama-banduristas.
Ukukhulunywa okokuqala kwegama elithi bandura kusuka embhalweni wasePoland ka-1441, okubeka ukuthi inkosi yasePoland uSigismund III wayenale nsimbi eyayaziwa ngokuthi iTaraszko evela esizweni samaRuthenian (e-Ukraine).
Igama elithi bandura kukholakala ukuthi lingene olimini lwesi-Ukraine ludlula ePoland, kungaba kusuka esiLatini noma kusuka ku-pandora yesi-Greek noma i-pandura, yize ezinye izazi zibheka ukuthi leli gama lafakwa e-Ukraine ngqo lisuselwa olimini lwesiGreki.
Kuze kube lapho kusungulwa ithuluzi kushiwo uFrancesco Landini, umdlali wezingoma nomqambi waseTrecento wase-Italy. Izinsimbi ezifanayo zibhaliwe ukuthi zazikhona e-Ukraine ngekhulu elidlule.
Ezandleni zeZaporozhian Cossacks, i-bandura yathola ushintsho olukhulu, ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa kwerekhodi elithile. Ngenxa yendima ephambili njengethuluzi lokuhambisana nezwi, ukwakhiwa nobuchwepheshe kwaguqulwa ukuze kuhambisane kangcono nale misebenzi.
Ngale ndlela, kwasungulwa izikole ezikhethekile zamabhodi angaboni, okwakha isisekelo sekilasi labaculi abahambahambayo abaziwa ngokuthi ama-kobzares. Ngekhulu le-18, leli thuluzi lase liguquke laba yifomu enezintambo ezingaba yine kuya kweziyisithupha ezaziboshwe entanyeni (enezintambo noma ezingenazo) kanye nezintambo eziyishumi nesithupha ezaziwa ngokuthi yi-prystrunky strung esikalini se-diatonic ecaleni.
I-bandura yayikhona kuleli fomu ingashintshiwe kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwekhulu le-19.